Body-hanger for vehicles.



No. 649,566. Patented` May I5, |900. L. BURG.

BQDY HANGER FOB VEHICLES.

(Application led Har. 8, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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LEWIS BURG, OF DALLAS CITY, ILLINOIS.

BODY-HANGER FOR VEHICLES.

sPEcIFToA'rIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,566, dated Mar 15,1900- Applioation filed March 8, 1900. Serial No. 7,883. (No`model.)

To u/,ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEwIs BURG, a citizen of the United States, residingat Dallas City, in the county of Hancock and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Body-Hangers forCarriages; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompany ing drawings, which form part ofthis specifcation.

My invention relates to improvements in body-hangers for carriages, andhas for its object to provide a device so constructed as to restcentrally over the spring and extend laterally to near its ends beforebeing bent to connect with the carriage-body and to form a securingplateintegral with the hanger to prevent tilting or drawing over of thespring to one side and is constructed as hereinafter described, and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In making body-hangers heretofore they have been formed in connectionwith a plate extending back from the edge of the hanger, by means ofwhich the hanger is secured to A an elliptic spring by means of boltspassing through the plate and spring or by clips around the leaves ofthe spring and plate of the hanger. With such a construction ofbody-hanger attached to the side of the spring by itsrearwardly-projecting plate it has been found that all of the strain ofthe hanger being on the carriage-body side and at the side of the centerof the spring the upper portion of the spring is tilted over toward thecarriage-body, bringing great strain upon the bolts connecting the upperand lower leaves and drawing the upper leaves of the spring out ofposition, thereby destroying the usefulness of the spring on account ofits twisted condition. To overcome this defect, my device is arranged tobrin g the strain aud weight of the carriage-body directly down upon thetop of the spring.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedbody-hanger attached to the spring and body of a carriage. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the body-hanger in connection with a securing-plate made inthe same piece therewith. Fig. 3 is a cross-se@ tional view on the line0c of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a rear view showing the bearing-arm of thebody-hanger made in two separate pieces, withsecuring-plates and asupplemental plate for holding them in position on the spring. Fig. 5 isa cross-sectional view on the line y y of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is aslightly-modified form showing the body-hanger made of a hat singlepiece of steel, with a reinforcing spring leaf beneath the bearing-arm.Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the body-hanger near the dependingarms, showing the foot-piece.

Like iigures of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure ofthe drawings.

1 represents the body of an ordinary buggy, and 2 an elliptical springused on a runninggear upon which the body is supported.

3 refers to my improved body-hanger for supporting the weight of thebuggyebody upon the spring in such a manner as to prevent the tilting ofthe spring toward the body.

In constructing my device the bearing-arm 4 of the body-hanger is madeto rest upon and directly over the spring and is formed con'- ical inshape to give it additional strength. The bearing-arm is made ofsufficient length to extend over the spring beyond the ends of thesupplemental leaves 5. On the under side of the center of thebearing-arm 4 a securing-plate 6 is formed integral therewith, the underside of the plate and arm being on the same plane. The securing-plate 6has lateral lugs 7, in which bolts 8 or clips 16 are placed in attachingthe hanger to the spring. When clips are used, as shown in Fig. 1, theyextend over the conical portion of the long bearing-arm 4 and aresecured in the ordinary way after passing through bars 9 on the underside of the leaves of the upper portion of the spring. The lateral lugs7 of the securing-plate may be made of sufficient strength, if desired,so that the hanger can be secured to the spring by simple bolts 8,passing through the lugs of the plate and the cross-bars 9, below theleaves of the spring, in place of clips passing over the top of thebearing-arm.

Somewhat beyond the ends of the supplemental leaves 5 of the spring thebearing arm part of the body-hanger is bent at right angles and twistedat 10 upon itself to form IOC vertical arms 11, whichextend down bytheside of the spring to the desired distance for support the buggy-body.The foot-.pieces i12 Y are made slightly tapering from thedownwardly-extending arms 11 to their points 13 for the purpose of moreclosely fitting them up to and binding them on the under side of the boxin holding the buggy-body in position whensecured by bolts or rivetsthrough Y the holes 14 in the footpieces. c Y

It has been found desirable in some instances to make the body-hanger 3in two separate pieces for the purpose ofeconomizing'labonin'manufacturing and space in shipping, as well asrendering them more easy of application when applied to buggies. Inmaking the hanger in two separate parts, as shown in Fig. 4, thebearing-arms 4 are united over the center of the spring. In thisconstruction the securing-plate 6 is also divided, each section of thebearing-arm having half of the plate integral therewith underneath itsuniting end. In applying this form of hanger a supplemental plate 15 isused underneath the securing-plate G, either on top or below the' upperpart of the spring, for holding the two sections of the bearingarmtogether. These sections are secured to the spring by means of bolts 8and a T- bolt or spring saddle-clip 16, which is passed over the. top ofthe conical hanger at the point where the two arms are united andthrough the cross-bars 9 or through .the supplemental plate 15, when itis used below the upper part of the spring, in the same manner as thoseare secured when the hanger is not divided in two sections.

Y In Fig. 6 Ihave shown asomewhat modiiied form of body-hanger 3, whichis for use more especially in the construction of singleseated or verylight buggies. In this form of 'hanger the device is made from a singlepiece of iiat spring-steel of substantially the same length as thosehereinbefore described, with its bearing-arm 4 extending beyond the endsof the. supplemental leaves 5 of the spring, at which point the arm 4 isbent at right angles andt'wisted upon itself to form arms 11, thatextend downward by the side of the spring and then forward to formfoot-pieces 12 for supporting the body of the vehicle. In this form ofhanger the bearing-arms 4 over the spring are reinforced by asupplemental flat steel spring 17 underneath the bearing-arm, whichrests on top of the spring and exten ds to within a short distance ofthe arms 11 of the hanger. This construction maybe securedto the springin the same manner as those before described or by bolts passingdirectly through the leaves of the spring or in any other way mostconvenient.

I-Iaving. thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a body-hanger for carriages, the combination with a bearing-armresting on the "spring directly over and extending beyond thesupplemental leaves, of a securing plate formed in tegralwith thebearing-arm, the under side of the plate and arm being on the same planeand the plate extending on each side of the-arm forming lateral lugs forsecuring the hanger to the spring, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a body-hanger, the combination with downwardly-extending arms andfoot-pieces for supporting the carriage-body, of a conical bearing-armresting on the spring directly over and extending beyond the ends of theleaves of the spring, of a securing plate formed integral with and onthe saine plane with the under side of the bearing-arm, the said platehaving lateral lugs on each side for securing the arm to the spring, asand for the purpose set forth. i

3. In a body-hanger, the combination with downwardly-extendin g armswith foot-pieces for supporting the carriage-body, of the bearing-armmade in two sections, the ends of the sections being united over thecenter of the spring and their outer ends extending over and beyond thesupplemental leaves of the spring, securing-plates formed integral withand on the under side of adjoining ends of the sections and lateral lugson the sides of the plates, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a body-hanger, the combination with the bearing-arm made in twosections and united over the center of the spring, the outer IOO ends ofthe sections extending over and beyond the supplemental leaves of thespring, securing-plates formed integral with and on the under side ofthe adjoining -ends of the setions, the plates having lateral lugsextending on each side of the spring, a supplemental plate beneath thesecuring-plate, and the united ends of the sections secured by asaddle-clip, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS BURG.

Vitnesses:

E. G. DENMAN,

G. W. HARBAUGH.

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